Weldon Graduate Program Announcements

December 18^th, 2024

• Career and Internship Opportunities
• Professional Development Offering: Google Career Certificates – Limited-Time, No-Cost Enrollment
• Workshops and Deadlines
• News from You

Career and Internship Opportunities

Internship Positions

• 2025 Tissue Material Sciences Intern, Biomedical Engineering, AbbVie
• Manufacturing Engineer Intern, CooperSurgical
• Regulatory Affairs Intern, ConMed

Postdoctoral Positions

• NPA Website: https://careers.nationalpostdoc.org/jobs/

Full Time Positions

• Healthcare Integration Engineer, EvidenceCare
• Product Development Engineer, TIDI Products
• Optical Applications Engineer, Zemax Expertise, Ozen Engineering
• Sustaining Engineer II, Endotronix
• Supervisory Biomedical Engineer, Indian Health Service
• Biomedical Sciences Pos-Bac Intern, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Associate Clinical Account Specialist, Johnson and Johnson
• Purdue Start-up Job Board—Foundry Start Up Companies Looking to Hire
• ACTS Career Center—Association for Clinical and Translational Science
• Academic Careers

• Doc Jobs—Jobs beyond traditional clinical and academic roles

Professional Development Offering: Google Career Certificates – Limited-Time, No-Cost Enrollment

Purdue University students and employees can earn Google Career Certificates in high-demand fields through Purdue. For a limited time, students and employees can enroll in a Google Career Certificate at no cost! From December 2nd, 2024, through January 13, 2025, students and employees can use the discount code FreeGoogleCert when registering to enroll at no cost. Click here to register.

The following are brief descriptions of each certificate, and more information about each can be found here: https://www.purdue.edu/online/google-career-certificates/

Cybersecurity Certificate.  This program offers hands-on experience using Python, Linux, SQL, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, and intrusion detection systems. It also helps prepare students for the CompTIA Security+ exam.

Data Analytics Certificate.  This program teaches essential data analysis platforms, including spreadsheets, SQL, Tableau and R programming to help translate business questions into data-influenced actionable plans.

Digital Marketing and E-Commerce Certificate.  This program provides hands-on experience in popular digital marketing tools such as Canva, Constant Contact, Hootsuite, HubSpot, MailChimp, Shopify, X, Google Ads and Google Analytics – fundamental to helping businesses grow their online presence and sales.

Information Technology Support Certificate.  This program teaches core concepts to all IT positions, including computer assembly, route paths and subnets, software device management, and effective documentation. You will also gain experience working with Linux, cloud computing and command-line interfaces.

Project Management Certificate. Fundamental to most industries, this program covers traditional and Agile project management from initiation to completion, using a toolbox for schedules, budgets and product requirements. The course also qualifies for over 100 education hours for Project Management Institute (PMI) certifications.

All courses are self-paced and require no prerequisites or prior experience.  They can be completed in less than six months and result in a digital Google certificate. According to Google, these credentials are now recognized by more than 150 major employers in the U.S. and growing.

Workshops and Deadlines

Here are some upcoming workshops and deadlines more detailed information about the workshops will be sent out separately closer to the event.

Jan. 2^nd                     Deadline to Apply for McClintock Bioscience Postdoctoral Fellowship (Apply Here)

Jan. 3^rd                      Deadline for Vanderbilt Biomaterials Day Registration & Abstract Submission (Register)

Jan. 8^th                      HDR Open House/Expo During Winter Break (CCO)

Jan. 8^th                      Deadline to apply for Rutgers Postdoc Peek (Apply Here)

Jan. 8^th                      NCR-SARE Fellowship (Agricultural Research) Info Session (GSPD)

Jan. 13^th                   F31/F30 Workshop Series Topic 4: “Research Strategy Approach” Presentation (GSPD)

Jan. 13^th                   Last day to enroll in a Google Career Certificate at no cost (use code FreeGoogleCert here)

Jan. 14^th                   Managing Uncertainty During Graduate School (GSPD)

Jan. 15^th                   AI Tools for Lit Reviews (GSPD)

Jan. 15^th                   Convert Your CV to a Resume (GSPD)

Jan. 15^th                   Credit – Understanding Cards & Scores (GSPD)

Jan. 15^th                   Getting the Mentoring You Need (GSPD)

Jan. 15^th                   Deadline to apply for Branco Weiss Postdoctoral Fellowship (Apply Here)

Jan. 15^th                   NIH Fellowship Opportunities for Graduate Students (GSPD)

Jan. 15^th                   NIH Fellowship Opportunities for PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars (GSPD)

Jan. 16^th                   The Cover Letter (GSPD)

Jan. 17^th                   Budgeting and Saving Money (GSPD)

Jan. 17^th                   Navigating the IRB Process and Submitting Your Study (GSPD)

Jan. 21^st                    Boiler Up & Intervene (GSPD)

Jan. 21^st                    Preparing for Academic Interviews (GSPD)

Jan. 22^nd                   Discovering the Treasures of Federal Legal, Legislative, and Regulatory Resources (GSPD)

Jan. 22^nd                   Personal Branding (GSPD)

Jan. 22^nd                   Quad Fellowship Info Session (GSPD)

Jan. 22^nd                   Purdue Indianapolis Resumania: Drop-In Resume Reviews (CCO – Room ET 103 at 11 am)

Jan. 23^rd                   Debt Management (GSPD)

Jan. 23^rd                   CCO 2025 International Student Workshop - Career Fair Prep (CCO)

Jan. 24^th                   Business Databases: Ace Your Job Interview, Find Investors for Your Research/Idea (GSPD)

Jan. 27^th                   F31/F30 Workshop Series Topic 4: “Research Strategy Approach” Q&A Session (GSPD)

Jan. 27^th                   Healthy Financial Habits (GSPD)

Jan. 27^th – 29^th        2025 Co-op Days Recruiting Event (CCO)

Jan. 28^th                   Best Practices in Research Data Management (GSPD)

Jan. 28^th                   Eating Right When Your Budget is Tight (GSPD)

Jan. 28^th                   The A-Z of the Job Search (GSPD)

Jan. 28^th                   2024 Co-op Days Recruiting Event (CCO)

Jan. 30^th                   Citation Management with Zotero (GSPD)

Jan. 30^th                   Interviewing Skills (GSPD)

Jan. 30^th                   Purdue Indianapolis Resumania: Drop-In Resume Reviews

Jan. 31^st                    Application deadline for Johnson & Johnson Japan Smart Healthy Aging QuickFire Challenge (Apply)

Jan. 31^st                    Let’s Talk Taxes (GSPD)

Jan. 31^st                    RCR: Discipline-Specific Training (GSPD)

Jan. 31^st                    Postdoc Coffee Chat (GSPD)

Feb. 3^rd                     Healthy Relationships (GSPD)

Feb. 5^th                     Conducting a Literature Review (GSPD)

Feb. 5^th                     Healthy Financial Habits (GSPD)

Feb. 7^th                     Credit – Understanding Cards & Scores (GSPD)

Feb. 10^th                   Research with Scite.ai (GSPD)

Feb. 10^th                   F31/F30 Workshop Series Topic 5: “Biosketch and Other Documents” Working Session (GSPD)

Feb. 11^th                   Combating Bias and Hate on College Campuses (GSPD)

Feb. 12^th                   Preparing to Buy a House (GSPD)

Feb. 12^th                   Retirement Planning (GSPD)

Feb. 14^th                   An Overview of ResearchRabbit (GSPD)

Feb. 14^th                   Postdoc Power Session (GSPD)

Feb. 17^th                   Diet, Stress, & Emotional Eating (GSPD)

Feb. 18^th                   How to Improve Your Public Speaking (GSPD)

Feb. 19^th                   Careers in Public Health (CCO)

Feb. 19^th                   NIH Fellowship Opportunities for Graduate Students (GSPD)

Feb. 19^th                   NIH Fellowship Opportunities for PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars (GSPD)

Feb. 20^th                   Healthy Eating on the Run (GSPD)

Feb. 21^st                   RCR: Discipline-Specific Training (GSPD)

Feb. 24^th                   Patent Agent Careers in Life Sciences (GSPD)

Feb. 25^th                   4^th Annual Grad WiE Network Symposium (WiE)

Feb. 26^th                   MoISSI Fellowship Information Session (GSPD)

Feb. 26^th                   Quad Fellowship Info Session (GSPD)

Feb. 28^th                   Postdoc Coffee Chat (GSPD)

Mar. 3^rd                    Preparing to Buy a Car (GSPD)

Mar. 3^rd                    Publishing a Scientific Paper (GSPD)

Mar. 4^th                    Debt Management (GSPD)

Mar. 4^th                    Presenting Your Research: How to Sell Others on Your Ideas (GSPD)

Mar. 5^th                    Credit – Understanding Cards & Scores (GSPD)

Mar. 7^th                    Copyrights: An Overview for Scholars (GSPD)

Mar. 7^th                    Let’s Talk Taxes (GSPD)

Mar. 10^th                  Citation Management with Zotero (GSPD)

Mar. 10^th                  Conducting a Literature Review (GSPD)

Mar. 10^th                  NIH Fellowship Opportunities for PhD Candidates and Postdoctoral Scholars (GSPD)

Mar. 12^th                  Experiences in Healthcare and Public Health (CCO)

News from You

Please inform Tammy of honors, awards, or other accolades (to include having a paper published) you receive so that the Weldon School may recognize your accomplishments. Send the complete information – specific title and nature of the award, name of conference or event at which award was given, date of said event, photograph if available, etc. – to tsiemers@purdue.edu.

Tammy Siemers

She/Her
Associate Director, Graduate Education

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